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09 April, 2019

Flaughen: Word of the Day

FlaughenSc. Also flaughin, flauchin. A flake of fire or snow.

1649 VISCT. KENMURE Sp. in. Select Biog. (1845) I. 401 The sparks and flaughens of this love shall fly up. 1811 A. SCOTT Poems 43 (Jam.) As new fa'n snaw That, fleecy pure, in flaughins fa'.

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